Jimmy Page Humbucker Wiring
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Jimmy page humbucker wiring. Without wanting to damage his beloved guitar jimmy employed a master electronics technician. This drawing shows a pair of four wire humbuckers using seymour duncan color code but as i said it could be done with three wire humbuckers hot ground and coil shunt. This has become a famous les paul mod and in this context it s widely known as the jimmy page wiring. Start date sep 13 2017.
Plus info on switches pots coil splitting and more. Guitar wiring diagram with the switching options of the jimmy page les paul. Single coils humbuckers hum sing sing hum sing hum and much more. Bridge volume split bridge neck volume split neck.
I upgraded an epiphone les paul traditional pro with seymour duncan whole lotta humbuckers and explain the jimmy page wiring. With jimmy page harness you will get the ability to split humbuckers into single coils as well as phase reversal and have the humbuckers is series parallel. Joined aug 17 2017 messages 413 reaction score 539. However aside from that difference in the wiring it still gives you the 21 different combos that appear on the jp tone chart and certainly captures the essence of the original jimmy page mod.
In the early 1980s jimmy page decided to make his 59 les paul an even more versatile instrument and explore the full range of what the two humbuckers had to offer. 50 videos play all mix jimmy page 50 s style wiring diagram on my epiphone youtube whole lotta humbuckers with jimmy page wiring explained on my epiphone les paul duration. Guitar wiring diagrams for tons of different setups. But again it s not limited to a les paul.
At first my intention was to use a 4pin jst connector top center on the above. 2 humbuckers 3 way toggle switch two volumes and two tone controls. This wiring mod popularized by the great jimmy page gives your les paul or sg style guitar a multitude of new tones not available with the stock wiring including the normal 3 way humbucker switching strat like single coil tones out of phase tones and the huge sounding broadbucker tone. It s a complex and super flexible wiring scheme for guitars equipped with a pair of 4 conductor humbuckers that are each connected to a set of volume and tone controls.
Jimmy page wiring with lace alumitone pickups. Here is the control layout when the pots are pulled up.